Banu Yetkin Ekren
Associate Professor
Yasar University, Dept. of Industrial Engineering, Izmir, Turkey
Anil Akunar
Research Assistant
Yasar University, Dept. of Industrial Engineering, Izmir, Turkey
Zaki Sari
Full Professor
Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory of Tlemcen (MELT), University of Tlemcen, Algeria
Tone Lerher
Full Professor
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maribor, Smetanova 17, SI-2000, Maribor, Slovenia
Associate Professor
Yasar University, Dept. of Industrial Engineering, Izmir, Turkey
Anil Akunar
Research Assistant
Yasar University, Dept. of Industrial Engineering, Izmir, Turkey
Zaki Sari
Full Professor
Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory of Tlemcen (MELT), University of Tlemcen, Algeria
Tone Lerher
Full Professor
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maribor, Smetanova 17, SI-2000, Maribor, Slovenia
A queuing network approach for performance estimation of shuttle based storage and retrieval system design
The aim of this study is to present a queuing network model for performance estimation from different shuttle-based storage and retrieval system (SBS/RS) designs. Recent advances in technology has created a high variety of warehouse automation technologies one of which is SBS/RS. The high variety of warehouse automation results with the confusion of warehouse managers on identifying the right technology for companies. Therefore, development of analytical models producing several performance measures from the system is critical to evaluate the system’s performance promptly. By the provided analytical model, queueing network, one can evaluate such systems’ performance promptly by changing the input parameters (e.g. discrete travel lengths, velocity of vehicles, acceleration/deceleration of vehicles, number of tiers, arrival rates of items, etc.) affecting the performance of these systems.
